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individual retirement behavior, using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (GSOEP). We first estimate agegroup … predictions of the long-term impact of policies affecting the health gradient on workers' timing of retirement amid population …
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Germany'’s social security system is surveyed, its benefits and contributions are discussed. The expansion of this system in the last decades is described, its impact on employment and growth is studied and proposals for the reform of the system are discussed.
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In order to face the aging of their populations governments of developed countries reformed their retirement systems … during the last two decades, by discouraging early retirement and increasing incentives to work for older workers. Senior … reaction to retirement incentives set by governments. This paper highlights how disutility to work can merely influence the …
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This paper develops a simple analytical framework in which optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging … timing of retirement, the size of lifecycle labour income and pension payments and investments in health that individuals … the traditionally separate areas of health and retirement policy can be coordinated to achieve dynamic efficiency. Under …
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This paper studies the evolution of early retirement due to disease and injury in the German labor force between 1988 … the observation period. Controlling for individual determinants of health-related retirement, such as worker’s age, sex …
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Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...
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The stock of public debt in some developed countries continues to increase because of a lack of tax revenues and the burdens of social security. Many of those developed countries suffer from lower birth rates. Child allowances might help to raise fertility, leading to higher tax revenue in the...
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increase in your inflation (CPI-W) adjusted benefit if you elect to postpone retirement and the start of OASI benefits will …
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In Germany persons who receive public assistance (Sozialhilfe) may keep only a small part of income from employment above a certain amount. This means that for some persons living on welfare the economic incentives to look for employment are rather weak. This working paper discusses different...
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